SOC Debug Engineer

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.  As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Job Overview:

Qualcomm’s SoC Platform Architecture team defines platform architectures & solutions enabling the next-generation of system-on-chip (SoC) products across Qualcomm’s business lines including compute, automotive, mobile, wearables, XR and IoT with focus in utilizing RISC-V architecture. Our team performs analysis, defines, and delivers innovative and scalable architectures across key technologies including heterogenous compute, memory systems, interconnects, multimedia, AI/ML, multi-die, power-management and more. We collaborate directly with software, systems, design, product marketing, and customers. We are currently seeking aSoC Architect with proven expertise in debug  and security architecture as well as other SoC functional domains such as boot, reset, timebase management, micro-controllers, and clocking to join us in our mission to innovate and deliver the most advanced and scalable SoC platform architectures in the industry. 

Responsibilities includes but not limited to:

• Create highly scalable SoC architecture with expertise in the area of SoC control, boot, reset, timebase management, debug, micro-controllers, etc.
• Comprehend product requirements to steer generation of proper architecture.
• Perform trade-off analysis in the solution space to produce the most optimal architecture.
• Collaborate with architects, technical leads, hardware and software engineers from various functional areas in deriving the architectural solution that can best integrate in the overall SoC.
• Generate detail architectural specification and work closely with design team to implement the architecture. 

Skills/Experience:

• Experienced in ARM and RISC-V AP architecture.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills with ability to convey proposals and interact effectively across a distributed multi-discipline organization
• Strong foundation of silicon design principles and architectural trade-offs
• Ability to span and connect levels of abstraction across system-design, high-level languages, OS, HW/SW interface, micro-architecture, and silicon implementation
• Background in architecture (IP or SoC), and/or front-end design/verification (micro-architecture)
• Demonstrated deep technical knowledge and achievements at the SoC, sub-system or large IP levels as micro-architect or architect
• Ability to apply appropriate abstractions and quantitative analysis for problem definition and solutions
• Experience in using, improving, and developing a variety of tools for analysis and modeling, such as functional and performance simulators, profilers, etc.
• Programming ability for modeling and automation (OOP C++, Python preferred) with experience in software development best practices including reviews, unit-testing, version control, etc.
• Ability and desire to develop and improve architecture methodologies for experiments and analysis
• Preferred with experience in the SoC areas such as boot, timebase management and network, security architecture, reset architecture and debug architecture, system level control/management with components such as BMC, ECU, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related field required; Master’s degree or PhD highly desired
• 5+ years of SoC/IP architecture or micro-architecture/front-end-design
• Candidates with primarily a micro-architecture/design background must have contributions that demonstrate higher-level analysis and design

Additional Experience and Expertise (the more the better)

• SoC architectures including heterogeneous compute, NoC/interconnect, memory-systems, multicore, multi-die, cache hierarchies, shared memory, I/O, coherency, compression, security
• Resource and Power Management
• Security Architecture
• System-level debug
• Safety, reliability, and high-resilience/high-availability systems
• AI & Machine Learning
• Control and Real-time systems
• High-level Operating Systems (e.g., Android, Linux, Windows)
• Real-time operating systems (e.g., Zephyr, FreeRTOS)
• Front-end Digital Hardware Design or Verification
• Arm system architectures (e.g., Cortex-A, Cortex-R, Cortex-M, CoreSight)
• High-speed I/O (USB, PCIe, CXL)
• External memory and storage architectures (e.g., LPDDR, NAND Flash, NOR Flash)
• Networking & Connectivity (e.g., Ethernet, WLAN, Cellular, CAN)
• Behavioral, functional and performance modeling
• Power and/or performance optimization through simulation & modeling
• Simulator architectures and frameworks (C++ or Python-based preferred)
• Analytical modeling for performance and power

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